HELPING HAND W/ MAGNIFIER

The base could be a little heavier, but for the price, you really can't beat this helping hand. The clips are strong and bite hard so you don't have to worry about it letting go of your PCB or what-have-you.

I model N scale railroads, and a lot of the parts are extremely small. I picked this up at All Electronics' store in Van Nuys. Before I used this I used to out-cuss a sailor when working with these parts. Nowadays, my mouth is more clean :)

Just got mine in the mail today. I make led harnesses to replace bulbs in cars and let me tell you this little tool here is going to drastically speed up the process. Im very pleased.

At this price, upon ordering I thought it would be pretty cheaply made, but it's not at all. It's all very well put together, very solid and invaluably useful, the only problem is the clips are slightly flimsy, and bend if you tighten the nut holding them too much, but hold things very well, almost too well. Lastly, the tightening knobs could be a little easier on your fingers, the wing nut is fine, but the other end is too small to really tighten by hand.

As far as I can tell, this is exactly the same tool they sell at my local hobby shop for $17. It just doesn't have a brand name on it. I am very pleased.